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Locality Name:
Hill Top Mine, Horseshoe Basin District, Park Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 46519
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46519.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hill Top Mine, Horseshoe Basin District, Park Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°12'48"N
Longitude: 106°10'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.213333333333,-106.17388888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteBrochantiteCalciteCopperCyanotrichiteDescloiziteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Mcguinnessite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)60132
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)20179
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)2034
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2028


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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